Solar flares erupt on the sun - video

Nasa footage shows two solar flares erupting on the sun in an area known as 'active region 1429'. Disruptions to technology, satellites and global positioning systems are expected as the resulting ejections of plasma, known as coronal mass ejections, begin reaching Earth at a speed of more than 2m mph

Source: Reuters

Thursday 8 March 2012 05.51 EST
First published on Thursday 8 March 2012 05.51 EST